Barrel or receptacle.



mi. mmm, BARREL 0R REGEPTAGLB. APPLICATION FILED 51.3.9, 1907. BEEEWEDYFEB. 13. 1908. 898,484. Pannf septk 15, 199s.

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2e ments of other like barrels or receptacles 5a tudinally of the barrel and has its free ends JOHN H. KILLION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BARREL OR RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application nled January 9, 1907, Serial No. 351.436.

Patented sept. 15, 1908. Renewed retrmy 13,1908." serial No. 415,779.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN H. Kii.i.ioN,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of llli- 5 nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements iii Barrels or Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to barrels, boxes or other like receptacles for packing, storing and shi ping purposes and it has for its primary o 3ect to provide an improved article of this character which shall be of knockeddown construction and which will be light and durable when in condition for use, and capable ot having its component parts laid in a substantially flat condition when knocked down so that these parts may be packed together with a plurality oi the elewhen being shipped or stored emptv.

A further object of the invention is to provide an article of this character having a Ybody portion which shall be capable of being overlap ed a greater or less extent around itself, w ereby the capacity of the same may be reduced and thus provide means whereby the shipper, when desiring to return or shi but a fraction oa barrel of goods, may pac 3o the same in a secure condition without the necessity of employing extra packing for holding the goods in place. With a view to the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of certain other objects, which will hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty which will now be described with reference t-o the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the claims. 4o lii the said drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in vertical section, of a barrel or receptacle embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail `section on the line 3-3 of. Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the ends of the body element of the barrel, overlapped a considerable extent for reducing the capacity, and Fig. 5 is a detail vertical sectional view of a modification hereinafter described. I The body of theV barrel is composed of a strip 1 of sheet metal or other suitable material, which is preferably corrugated longioverlapped with .the corrugations of onecnd inter-meshing with those of the other, as

shown in detail in Fig. 3. When the ends are thus overlapped, they may be. secured together by any suitable means, but preferably by removable cotters or pins 2, 3, which pass through inter-meshing loops 4, 5, struck up from the extremities of the strip 1, the loop 4 on one extremity being forced through a corresponding aperture inthe other eictremity and inter-meshing with the loop 5 on the latter extremity.

6, 7 are the heads of the bari-cl, Which, in this example of the invention, are illustrated as consisting o disk-like members com osed of wood or any other suitable materia and approximating in outline the exterior formation of the barre in cross-section which, in this example, is circular. The edges ot these heads are formed with {langes 8 and grooves 9 and the upper and lower edges ofthe strip l directly opposite the flanges 8 are formed with grooves for receiving said laxiges.

These lati er said grooves are produced by repeating the loops 4 entirely around the barrel in every alternate corrugation, as shown ut 4*, the inward bends only, however, being thus looped. Consequently it will be seen that wherever the corrugat ions turn inwardly they are virtually grooves and in this groove the flange S engages and is securely held by the uncut portions of the inward corrugations against both inward and outward movement, while the uncut portion of the inward corrugation at the outer side of this loop or cut portion engages in-the groove 9,-as clearly shown in Fig. l. 'With a barrel thus constructed, it will be seen that when the flanges 8 are placed within the grooved edges of the body element 1, and the cottors 2. 3 inserted through the loops 4, 5, et the point where the-body strip becomes tight and secure, a complete closure is produced and the heads will securely hold the body element from crushing transversely, while the corrugntions of such body element will be effectual iii preventing the article from crushing in :i longitudinal direction; the extreme edges of the body element being protected when the barrel stands on end by peripheral flanges 10 on the heads, which project over and cover the corrugations, as shown in Fig. 1, and also form circular members upon which thebarrel may be rolled on a flat surface without in.E

jui-ing the corrugatioiis.- v T o knock down the barrel, it is onl necessary to withdraw the cotters when t e bodv noy i i i element or strip l will straighten out in :i lint form and may be intermeshed or stacked with a plurality of such elements in a very eoinpaet condition for shipment, the heads being similarly stacked one upon the other.

To reduce the capacity of the barrel when it. is desired to use the same. for a fraction of a barrel of goods and it is important that the goods b tightly packed therein, the ilesired result' may be accomplished by extendelement as before described.

ing the overlap of the two extremities ol the lbody element or strip l. as shown in Fig. 4, and employing heads t3. 7 of similar diameter, which will be inserted in the ends of the body when the overlap is thus extended the cott er pins 2 at the Outer edges of the body strip are, of course, inserted through the pair of interlocked loops ia, 5", which come into register at the edge of the outer extremity of the strip 1. For that reason the strip 1 is provided with a line of these loops similar to the loops 4, 4a, .3, extending longitudinally ot the stri and directly in line with that pair of sueii oops through which the Cotter pin 3 is inserted,` as shown at 4b. This line of said loops,-i desired, may be extended entirely around the barrel, as shown in Fig. 9, and the groove thus produced maybe utilized for holding an intermediate head or partition consisting of allat board 11, or they may be extended only so far as is necessary for the attaehinent of the ends of the strip 1 by means of the cotter pin 3 when reducing the 35 ealliaeity of the barrel.

n order that the heads 6, 7, and the intermediate )artition l1 may be inserted in the ends of tlie barrel after the ends of the body strip have been secured together at one end 40 and the middle, the, inner sides of the llangcs 5l. are beveled, as shown at 5Sa on the heads 6, 7, and at 11a on the partition 11, the iii- Wardly projecting uncut portions of the eorrugations occurring immediately to the outward of the loops 4, 5, beingsuffieiently flexible, especially before the. Cotter 2 at that end of the barrel is inserted, to permit the head to be thus forced into place.

In order that the invention might be fully understood by those skilled in the art, the

details of the foregoing embodiment thereof have been thus specil' -aiiy described but What l claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In an article of the character described, the combination of a body element composed "f of a continuous strip of sheet flexible material, coirugatcd transversely of the strip and longitudinally of the body ele-nient, the ends (Si) of theI eorriigated strip being adapted to be overlapped to interniesh-tlie adjacent corrugations, means for iletacliably securing the endsfogethei', and a bead ielnovably secured within the end of the body element. Y

L. ln an artnjii-A--i the character described,

the combination of a body element composed of a continuous llcxible strip of sheet mate# rial having corrugations extending lengthwise ol' the body element, the ends being adapted to be ovprlapped to intermesh the a`djacent corrngaions, means for detachably securing the ends together to constitute a. continuous wail of the receptacle, and grooves formed in the edges oi said strip, and heads having their 'edges inserted in said grooves and detachably held thereby.

3. ln an article of the, character described, the combiiiation of a body element consisting of a strip of llexible material having loo s struck up in lines along the edges of the strip to forni supporting means lor the heads, and

the heads detachably held in place. at the' y ends of the body element. by said supporting means.

4. In :in article of the character described, the combination of a body element coniposed of a flexible strip, having eorrugations extending transversely thereof and provided with loops formed in lines extending transversely of the corrugations, means whereby the extremities of said strip may be locked together when the said loops c-n one extremity are inter-iiieshed with the loo s of the other extremity, and one or more iieads iletachably secured in the, body element. i

5. In an article of the character described, the combination of a body element consisting ol a llexible strip having loops struck up therefrom in lines aiong the edges thereof to forni grooves, and a head engaging the edge of the body element and having a llange fitting within the body element and engaging in and detachably supported by said groove.

6. In an article of the character described, the conibination of a body element composed of a strip ot' exible material having corruga-v tions extending lengthwise of the body element and loops struck out from the inward eorrugations in lines extending cross-wiso of the c-orrugations and contiguous to the edvcs of the strip, means for detaehably securing the ends of the strip together, and heads fitted in the bod element and engaging in the rooves pro uced by the formation of said oops.

7. ln an article of the character described the combination of a body element composed of a strip of llexible material having corrugations extending lengthwise of the body elcinent und loops struck ont from the inward corrugations and contiguous to the edges of the. strip, means for detaehabl securing the ends ol' the strip together and ieads itted to the body element and engaging in the. grooves produced by the formation of said loops, a. port ion of the heads projecting over the edges of the body clement,

8. lnan article of the class described, the combination of a llexible member, the ends which are adapted to be overlapped,

combination of a flexible member, the ends means for detachably securing the ends toends of the body, eportibn of the heads pregether to constitute a body poi-Lion, means ecting eyer and enga il'g the edges of th whereby the diameter of the body may be body to protect said e ges. varied, and heads detachably engaging the In'testimony whereof I heve'signed my ends of thebody. Y name to this specification, inthe presence of 9. In an article of the dass described, the two subscribing witnesses, on this 4th day 'of January A. D. 1907.

' JOHNA 'H. KILLION.

of whirh are adapted to be .averla ped, means for detaehably securing lche en s togather to constiuteazbody portion, means Witnesses: l whereby the diameter of the body rney be J. H. JOCHUM, Jr., varied, and heads deteehabvly engaging the C. H. SEEK. 

